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Snelling Avenue North Street and Utility Improvements | City of Arden Hills 6Project Understanding and Approach • The corridor is bordered by rural ditch sections and delineated wetlands in some areas. The feasibility report calls attention to the wooded nature of the corridor and desire to protect adjacent trees. We understand it is intended to minimize, if not avoid, impacts outside the existing roadway corridor as both a cost savings and functional measure to successfully deliver this project. • MSA rules—or rather, state statutes—will govern much of the roadway design. Based on our team’s routine experience working with the MSA Metro Office, we understand the definitions and associated constraints of a rehabilitation project versus a reconstruction project. We are prepared to offer cost-effective solutions within these constraints. Perhaps equally important, we are prepared to articulate to the public and all project stakeholders the external constraints and how the city can work within them toward a reasonable solution. Our proposed approach to meeting MSA standards is reviewed in detail in the Project Coordination section of our Approach to Scope of Services. • Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) rules will require consideration on the project, though based on the rehabilitation, we understand these rules will have less influence on the project design than other considerations identified herein. In addition to reviewing the project documentation, we have visited the site and given consideration to the roadway reclamation process, the existing curbing and pavement condition at the north end of the project area as it relates to the potential roundabout, watermain improvements and potential additional hydrant replacements based on age and opportunity created here, temporary water and trenchless watermain considerations, and drainage improvements/ wetland delineation needs. We understand communication is critical in all aspects of the project. We will follow the city’s public involvement process and work closely with city staff throughout all project phases to keep you informed and educated on the design taking place. We will provide requested updates to the city council and work with residents from preliminary design through construction to help assist with their questions and specific needs. We also understand the city’s desire to minimize consultant amendments, and as such, we invested significant due diligence in preparation of this proposal in hopes of flushing out potential changes before they ever occur. It is never our goal to encumber additional services on a project. Our project team strives to achieve a successful but unsurprising project delivery process. Approach to Scope of Services For the City of Arden Hills to successfully satisfy the project stakeholders, it will need an engineering consultant that has sound technical expertise coupled with a communication style and deliverables that can be easily interpreted by the public. Any uncertainty expressed by the consultant or inability to support recommendations ‘on the fly’ at neighborhood meetings or the assessment hearing could generate unwanted turmoil. With those thoughts in mind, the proposed Bolton & Menk team was specifically selected to support the City of Arden Hills and provide sound technical expertise for the tasks at hand. Our team will focus on deliverables, exceptional leadership in public and stakeholder involvement, and superior project management. The detailed work plan on the following pages is outlined by tasks addressing all elements of the RFP. Bolton & Menk listened closely to the ideas and intent behind council direction provided to city staff at the April 26, 2021, city council meeting. We understand it is the city's intent to reclaim the roadway corridor and explore with the selected engineering consultant and MSA staff the desired corridor solution with pedestrian safety and public input in mind. First and foremost on this project, Bolton & Menk will schedule and conduct a meeting with the Metro State Aid Office to discuss the proposed roadway layout. On the following page is the roadway typical section we would intend to present to confirm it meets state aid requirements. PROPOSED APPROACH TO INITIAL PROJECT SCOPE CONFIRMATION